I’ve been thinking quite a bit about endings in romance novels lately–both my own endings and some of the very satisfying ones I’ve read recently. Many romance writers will agree, writing the ending is one of the most difficult parts of the book. Which doesn’t make sense on the face of it–it’s a romance and … Read more
So, this post will be a little bit of writerly bragging. Feel free to skip if you don’t enjoy that sort of thing. I tallied up my word count for this year, to see exactly what I accomplished. As for revised works (things I would actually show someone other than my CP), I wrote a … Read more
So, you know how I said before that I write slowly? Like, really slowly? Apparently, when I want to, I can write fast. For the past two weeks, I’ve been getting in at least 1k words a night. At about 1k words an hour. I got in 3k two nights in a row. That’s crazy. … Read more
The devil’s in the details, or so they say. By details, I mean the background, the texture of the life that your characters are living. There seems to be two camps of opinion on how much history actually needs to be in a historical romance. One camp seems to feel that you can never have … Read more